The national park urges visitors to stay in open designated areas only.

Visual observations have been a backbone of volcano research more than 2,000 years and remain fundamental to understanding ...

The alert level for Mauna Loa is currently “normal”; we expect to see additional changes such as increased seismicity or gas emissions before any future eruption. Even during quiet times, keeping a ...

A massive, iron-rich structure sitting at the base of Earth’s mantle beneath the Hawaiian Islands may be doing more than scientists previously understood to fuel the archipelago’s volcanic activity.

Kilauea, the restless shield volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island, has been erupting in dramatic, repeating bursts since late 2024, with lava fountains and volcanic gas-and-ash plumes rising high above the ...

Volcanoes might seem like nature’s incinerators, but using them to burn up trash would be dangerous and disrespectful to ...

Kilauea volcano in Hawaii begins Episode 42 of its summit eruption, with lava fountains confined to Halemaumau crater in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ...

Most webcams used by the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory take a snapshot every few minutes to conserve bandwidth, but three webcams are currently “livestreaming” — meaning they transmit real-time ...

The Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupted on Sunday, sending lava fountains, ash and smoke into the air ...